Ok, when I start Sabayon, the network manager sees my network, asks me for my WEP key, I give it, but it never completes the connection. I have tried 3.4f and 3.5l1 both unsuccessful.

The same program, asks me for the same info when I boot Kubuntu (even on a LiveCD), however it connects just fine. I have tried both 7.10 and 8.04b4 both successful.

I have rebooted both many times and its always the same.

I am using the built in wireless from an ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition motherboard.

The chipset, I believe is an rtl8187.

Also, even though the Wifi is "on board" it appears its actually plugged into a USB connector on the board, so its technically a USB device, if that helps any.

Also I noticed that Kubuntu has the module cfg80211 loaded, where as its not listed on Sabayon, and modprobe fails to find it, I dont know if this makes any difference (for all I know its built into the Sabayon kernel, or doesnt even matter one way or the other) but I thought I would mention it, just in case.

Yeah, that is built into the kernel, as I discovered when re-compiling it - this however does sound like a driver issue. Normally I'd have you go about recompiling a module or two, but if lxnay's good to his work there's going to be loop2 out on Monday, so I would just try that.

Everything is reported properly by iw/ifconfig and the wireless apps GUIs. It even detects my EEISD and that I am using WEP. The only point where it varies from kubuntu is that when I enter my WEP key, it tries to connect for about another 30 seconds and fails.

WarraWarra wrote:Depending on the version of SL you might have to upgrade / downgrade the dchp and or update the wpa_suplicant not sure about correct spelling right now.

No can do, no online access except via Wifi. I know, I can enable my NIC and move my computer to a place where I can physically connect, however since I already have a Linux installation that works with my Wifi, I am not to motivated to goto that extreme, especially with Loop 2, which should theoretically have all updated packages, just around the corner.